Galina Nizhnikov Veremkroit
Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether, a German mathematician, was the world leader in the twentieth-century development of modern “abstract” algebra. Her writing, the students she inspired, and those students’ books wholly changed the form and content of higher algebra throughout the world. She influenced a generation of mathematicians, several of whom borrowed heavily from her work to write the major textbooks of the field.
Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Israel, 1948-2000
Diane Noomin
Diane Noomin was an acclaimed cartoonist and editor and the creator of her alter ego, DiDi Glitz. Noomin was a central figure in women’s comics beginning with the early feminist publications of the 1970s. In 2011 she published an anthology of her work, Glitz-2-Go: Diane Noomin Collected Comics.
Idra Novey
Miriam Novitch
Miriam Novitch was a member of the French Resistance during World War II and, after, an advocate for education on the Jewish resistance and the experiences of Holocaust survivors. She was one of the founders of the Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum (also known as the Ghetto Fighter’s House, or GFH) and served as the curator for its art collection for many years.
Nursing as a Female Profession in Palestine (1918-1948)
Nursing was a well-respected profession for Jewish women in Palestine, until doctors and nurses clashed about the proper level of education for nurses in the 1930s. Despite the challenges women faced in the medical field, they contributed greatly during times of war and violence before the founding of Israel.
